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Source: https://www.arabnews.com/node/2647193/middle-east
Iranian Officials Portray Peace Deal as Strategic Victory over U.S. and Israel
(Arab News-Saudi Arabia) Iran on Monday declared it had won "great victories" over the U.S. after an agreement to end the conflict, with Iranian officials portraying the deal as a military and political triumph rather than a diplomatic compromise. "The enemy that had attacked to carry out its evil aims was defeated in all its aims," said Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi. Iranian state television, IRIB, framed the ceasefire as a result of military pressure exerted by Tehran, saying Iranian forces had imposed their "divine and iron will" on the "American and Zionist enemies." Iran's adversaries had "no path other than accepting defeat and surrender." IRGC Deputy Commander for Political Affairs Brig.-Gen. Yadollah Javani told Fars News, "The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic are ready to respond to any act of mischief with their eyes open and fingers on the trigger." He said Iran's retaliatory operations and its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz had forced its adversaries to halt military operations, and that Iran had emerged from the conflict stronger than before.